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Women Rising Up Against Workplace Abuse
01:36 - 05:51 (04:14)
Despite facing immense obstacles such as gender discrimination and a lack of workplace safety laws, women made history by filing some of the first successful lawsuits against their employers for workplace abuse or neglect. The speaker also encourages getting vaccinated as it has aided in their personal recovery from illness.
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The host describes his experience with getting vaccinated and how it protected him from feeling much worse with a cold he recently got.
01:36 - 04:02 (02:26)
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The host describes his experience with getting vaccinated and how it protected him from feeling much worse with a cold he recently got. He encourages people to get vaccinated even with emerging news of decreased effectiveness against COVID-19 variants such as Delta to avoid severe illness.
ChapterWomen Rising Up Against Workplace Abuse
EpisodeThe Radium Girls
PodcastStuff You Should Know
Women, despite significant societal limitations, established some of the first successful lawsuits against employers for workplace abuse, highlighting the absence of labor laws at that time.
04:02 - 05:51 (01:48)
Summary
Women, despite significant societal limitations, established some of the first successful lawsuits against employers for workplace abuse, highlighting the absence of labor laws at that time. The cases reveal the long history of corporations hiding workplace abuse and ignoring worker safety.